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Friday, 18 December 2015

The FODMAP Grand Tour Down Under: IBS relief

Animation artists are helping to
visualise and communicate complex scientific findings. The Monash FODMAP Team has worked with the
animation artist, Christopher Hammang (from the Garvan Institute in Sydney) to produce a
short video that explains how FODMAPs trigger symptoms associated with IBS.We have found
that when patients have a good understanding of the mechanisms by which FODMAPs
trigger IBS symptoms, they find it easier to follow a low FODMAP diet.

The new animation video brings to life the physiological
effects of FODMAPs; explains how FODMAPs trigger IBS symptoms, and shows the
dramatic effects of a low FODMAP diet in this population. The animation visualises
and communicates the findings of research, conducted over several decades, which
has quantified the FODMAP composition of hundreds of different foods; described
the mechanism by which the diet works, and shown that a low FODMAP diet
improves symptom control in approximately three out of every four people with
IBS.

The animation has so far received a very welcome response on
social media and we hope it continues to be a valuable tool for clinicians and
patients alike.

Here are some of the thoughts of our audience so far:

·‘Excellent video to
explain the effect of FODMAPS on IBS sufferers.’

·‘This a great explanation thankyou!!
I'm also so grateful for the low fodmap diet!!’

·‘This is exactly what I needed to
explain to friends/family what the heck is going on in my gut! Thanks Monash
team’

·‘Great work guys. This is going
to be really useful to use in the clinic.’